On 22 Oct 2012, at 16:54, Sean McBride wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:38:45 +0200, Jean Suisse said: > >> My scientific cocoa app (10.6-10.8) records acquired data from devices >> and store them in human-readable UTF8 text files that have specific >> extensions (different from .txt). I have two questions related to file >> extensions, default application, icons and preview in quick look to >> submit to your expertise. >> >> The app that collects and stores the data is not the same as the one >> that is used to view the data (third-party text editor). >> I have found how to tell launch services to open the files with the >> third-party text editor, but I can't find how to associate the icon of >> my app with all the files extensions I use. How can I do that using >> cocoa or a shell script ? – this is my first question. >> >> Secondly, how can I tell quick look to preview the-said files just like >> it would any other text file ? > > Jean, > > From the sounds of it, it might be best if you just use ".txt" for your human > readable text files. QuickLook will then generate previews, and the user's > preferred text editor will open the file when double clicked.
I believe declaring your file format as conforming to public.plain-text will automatically gain that ability too. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
